potty dance
potty dance noun: voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping, twitching, or holding one's crotch.
Noun
potty dance (plural potty dances)
- Voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping, twitching, or holding one's crotch.
- "Noooo," the clerk replied calmly, looking me in the eye. "There's a state law that says we don't have to let you use our rest room." He turned back to his work. By now, I was furious, and my daughter was beginning to do the potty dance. Time was running out.1994 May 1, Casper V. Klauscher, “No Place to Go”, in Detroit Free Press, page 8
- After they entered the bakery, Autumn started doing the potty dance. "Excuse me sir, do you have a restroom I can use?" she asked.2008 November 18, Debra Fulton-White, Naturally Beautiful: An Inspirational Romance Novel, iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 44–45
- In potty training, any dance meant to encourage infants or young children to use the potty/toilet.
- On her first day out, let your child know she's going to have lots of supporters cheering her on — to help her feel warm-and-fuzzy while she's learning this brand-new potty dance.2002 June 25, Diane Stafford, Jennifer Shoquist, Potty Training For Dummies, 1 edition, Wiley, →ISBN, page 10
- Before the weekend starts, educate your child about going to the potty. Make up a potty dance to do when your child uses the bathroom successfully.2015 June 17, J. D. Rockefeller, Potty Training: Tips for Boys and Girls, CreateSpace, →ISBN, unnumbered page
Verb
potty dance (third-person singular simple present potty dances, present participle potty dancing, simple past and past participle potty danced)
- To move in this manner.
- The most frequent cause of incontinence in children is bladder instability. These children present with urge incontinence and squatting behavior, or "potty dancing." Most have been wet since toilet training, although a dry period of several months after toilet training is not uncommon.2000 September 22, “Voiding Dysfunction”, in Elroy D. Kursh, James C. Ulchaker, editor, Office Urology: The Clinician's Guide, Humana Press, →ISBN, Bladder Instability
- All he wanted was to put normal life on pause and go have a nice dinner with an attractive, kind woman. So if his ex could hurry and let their potty-dancing daughter into the house, that'd be stellar. He hit the doorbell a third time. The deadbolt tumbled, and Jess cracked the door, wielding a...2019 February 7, M. C. Vaughan, The Reluctant Princess, Champagne Book Group, →ISBN, page 55
- Synonyms:
- pee-pee dance
Synonyms of potty dance
Forms of potty dance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | potty dances |
| alternative form | potty-dance |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | potty dances |
| present participle | potty dancing |
| past participle | potty danced |
| past | potty danced |
Origin of potty dance
From potty + dance. The first sense is from the movements ostensibly resembling a dance.
Questions about potty dance
- What does potty dance mean?
- Potty dance means voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping, twitching, or holding one's crotch.
- What part of speech is potty dance?
- Potty dance can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of potty dance?
- The plural of potty dance is potty dances.
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